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Melethia


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Challenge: Free Study 2009-12 (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges 2010
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3
Location: Near Kaiserslautern
Date: Dec 16, 2009
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/13
Galleries: Black and White, Blur
Date Uploaded: Dec 30, 2009

 This is my probably-not-gonna-score-well entry for the Lumix versus Leica Free Study challenge. My Lumix teammates like it but figure another shot I have would score better... But this one just kinda sings to me, so in it goes. It does show that you can do some interesting (depending on your point of view) things with a "point and shoot" camera. Longish exposure with camera movement (vertical) on this one. Processing is a very harsh B&W Lightroom preset (Moriyama 1), very slight crop keeping the 16:9 aspect ratio, save for web.

Light was almost gone (and there's not much of it this time of year to begin with), but there's this little clump of trees I pass when leaving Ramstein and heading back to where I live and I've always wanted to shoot them for some reason. And on this day, it was snowing. So I stopped.

Thanks for looking. And the Lumix is a sweet camera - highly recommend it to anyone looking for a very versatile point and shoot camera.

Statistics
Place: 52 out of 334
Avg (all users): 6.1638
Avg (commenters): 8.2727
Avg (participants): 6.2193
Avg (non-participants): 6.0635
Views since voting: 1383
Views during voting: 305
Votes: 177
Comments: 34
Favorites: 12 (view)

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 02/27/2013 05:06:53 PM
The sword dance. Hatchaturian's dance.
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 01/09/2010 08:46:19 PM
Wow, what a trip! Great imagery Deb.
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 01/09/2010 03:00:56 PM
terrific work Deb! Don't know what it sings to you, to me it sings "Giacometti", not sure why.
...or perhaps "Giacomelli" (I mean his dancing monks)? or both?...

Message edited by author 2010-01-09 20:42:15.
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 01/08/2010 05:18:47 PM
Brilliant balance of bw. Brilliant balance of energy. Spontaneous and utterly pared down.
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 01/08/2010 04:50:40 PM
I love this. Very out of da box. I have been looking for scenes like this in my corner of the world.
Thanks for the inspiration, and congrats on the way cool image
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 01/08/2010 03:26:51 PM
Amazing shot, Deb. So arty and interesting to look at.
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 01/08/2010 01:33:46 PM
I didnt comment when I voted, but this was my favourite from the FS. It is a piece of art.
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 01/08/2010 11:06:41 AM
This is so cool!! I love it! All the way home from minnesota, I kept seeing batches of trees in the snow. They were so lovely, I really wanted to photograph them. However, it was snowing, we were on icy freeways, and I figured it wouldn't be a good idea to try to pull off on a shoulder with snowplows going by :D

However, I wouldn't have thought about trying a longer exposure. I love the shot and the effect. Thanks once again for helping me see past the ordinary!
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 01/08/2010 10:33:43 AM
I gave this an 8.
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 01/08/2010 10:13:47 AM
Congratulations on a great shot and a 6+ score Melethia. Nicely done!
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 01/08/2010 09:35:36 AM
fantastic photo....loved it the moment I first saw it! I am so glad it scored so well....DPC can be so fickle with shots like this!!
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 01/08/2010 08:01:11 AM
Awesome! Ya got 6+ with a "blurry mess" picture! You go!
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 01/08/2010 07:39:37 AM
There is a very funky avant-garde feeling going down here.

In the right gallery you could sell this for enough to give up your day job and just bum about europe taking pictures . . .

Hey wait a minute - I think I'm onto you !!
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 01/08/2010 07:34:45 AM
No idea who's it was, but I gave it a 10.
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 01/08/2010 04:41:18 AM
Love this shot Deb...pretty sweet score too!
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 01/08/2010 02:30:17 AM
I knew this was yours!!! And it's terrific - one of the best in the gallery, IMO.
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 01/07/2010 08:02:27 PM
Originally posted by Melethia:
this one just kinda sings to me, so in it goes

You hear a very nice tune.
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 01/07/2010 07:41:49 PM
wow... stunning work!
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 01/07/2010 07:39:11 PM
breathtaking. I would have slapped you if you submitted anything else. including the mona lisa.
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 01/07/2010 07:35:00 PM
fantastic
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 01/07/2010 07:13:35 PM
Well done Deb, as you know, I love this. Check out all those 10s.
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 01/07/2010 07:10:20 PM
Reading your pre-challenge notes, I have to say this just another example of how it is impossible to predict broad appeal. A very high placement for something that you thought would do poorly. Don't you love surprises? (Got an 8 from me, btw)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/07/2010 05:20:05 PM
That is what I am talking about!
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 01/07/2010 05:04:31 PM
I like the abstract feel of this...well done
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 01/07/2010 04:30:57 PM
Posthumous Art Gallery
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 01/07/2010 03:42:16 PM
This is brilliant -- one of my top picks.
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 01/06/2010 11:04:29 AM
Gorgeous. Wonderful contrast :)
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 01/06/2010 05:52:32 AM
OK, I'm going through the Free Study submissions, purposefully finding those images I think are shot with a less conventional eye - this is one of those images! Thanks for offering something that isn't just DPC friendly eye-candy (though of course there's nothing wrong with eye-candy). I'll be picking one of these images for the Mu (most underrated) award:

Positives: Such a dynamic image - I think you must have moved the camera vertically on a tripod in the snow. It works tremendously well. The monochrome, high contrast treatment is perfect for the subject matter.

Critical stuff: Nothing at all.

Overall: A very effective image - a brilliant fusion of subject, technique and edit.
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 01/06/2010 05:48:07 AM
Love it. Got one of my top votes. Good luck!
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 01/03/2010 01:05:03 PM
Very nice! Simple. Beautiful. Somewhat abstract. Well done.
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 01/03/2010 04:20:09 AM
The veritcals are really neat and the criss crossing of the snow adds a neat effect.
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 01/02/2010 06:31:40 PM
Very cool shot with the streaky trees and streaky falling snow...b&w really works well for this!
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 01/02/2010 05:32:32 PM
Something fun about this image but also something manufactured. It is as if a brush was taken to make all the trees and stuff. Easily this can be a piece of traditional artwork and not a photograph. Maybe, maybe not. But the question is there.
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 01/02/2010 03:40:10 PM
I'm guessing this might be an overlay of some sort? I really like it, particularly in b/w. 8
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